Yes, that was the type of license I had in mind. These are also some of the most problematic licenses to match in SPDX tools, for the same reasons.
On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Fendt, Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > > Eric wrote: > Kevin P. Fleming <[email protected]>: > >> And on the subject of the MIT- annd BSD-style licenses, removing the > >> license notice which contains the copyright holder(s)' name(s) and > >> replacing it with an SPDX license identifier is a material change. > > >Altering copyrights is a different and much more legally dicey > proposition than altering licenses. My code >doesn't touch copyrights. > > >Another common misconception, which the SPDX list unfortunately > encourages, is that the copyright is part of >the license. It is not; it > is legally prior to the license and is displayed in association because it > is the >copyright-holder's authority for imposing the license. > > > > I think there is a misunderstanding. In my opinion Kevin had the following > class of licenses in mind, when he made the point: > > Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and > its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided > that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in > all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names > of > Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or > publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written > permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics. > > THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, > EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY > WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR > ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, > OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, > WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF > LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE > OF THIS SOFTWARE. > > the License text includes the names of the copyright holders: " Sam > Leffler and Silicon Graphics" .Replacing this specific instance by lets say > the SPDX template license is a material change. > @ Kevin please correct me if I am wrong > > Ciao > Oliver > > > -- > <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> >
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